Drawers.



AIPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1904.

' 'band"at-the--uppeeend-of the drawers is oband it has for its object to provide a garment en A be worn. underneath 'a corset, waist, or other *unire i EDITH LANOUETTE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSll'lTS.

DRAWERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, i907.

Application filed September 24,1904. Serial No. 225,713.1.

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Be it known that l, Enrrn LANOUETTE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bosi ton, county of Suffolk, Stateoi Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement, in Drawers, oi which the following description, in conn( ction with the accompanying drawing, is a speciiication, like letters on the drawings representing like parts. i

This invention relates to drawers for women andchildiien, and es 1pecially to the class ot drawers known as "c osed drawers,

of this class which is more comfortable than. closed drawers as ordinarily maden-, Mywimproyedidrawers are made witha yoke portion which extends entirely around thewaist Ithereof, and which is shaped to t the waist "and hips of the'wearer, said yoke portion being'divided vertically at either the rontor rear, but preferably at the rear.

The necessary openin in the .drawers is provided for by making t enrwith a lap, the upper edge of which'is detachably secured to the lower edge of the yoke portion. By making the drawers with the yoke` portion which snugly iits thev hips the garment can upper garment without any such wrinkling, puckering, or gathering oi" the portion of the drawers underlying the corset as to befunf comfortable, and vthe necessity of' awast- Via-ted. The yoke portion is of such a depth that the upper edge of the flap comes below the overlying corset, waist, or other upper garment, so that said flap may beconveniently opened.

^ ln the drawings, Figure l is a front View of a pair of drawers embodying my improvements, and Fig. 2 is a rear View thereof.

The top of the drawers is made with. a yoke 3, which extends completely around the garment, said yoke portion being shaped to iit over the hips of the wearer, so that when the drawers are on said yoke portion is smooth and without wrinkles. The yoke is divided, either at the. front or rear, but preferably at the rear, as shown at Il, and the two meetin 'ends of the yoke may be detachably secure together in any suitable way, as by means of hooks or buttons, buttons 5 being shown in this embodiment of my invention. The leg portions 7 oi" thc drawers are secured to the lower edge of the yoke, and as said leg portions are fuller than the yoke I propose to gathrr tha ni their to. llilher the. l'ront or the rear nl' tln. d awr rs, bui, prrlerably the ri'er, .is provided with a llap (l, tlnl upper edge ol which wle-n it is dosi-d bring adapted to moet and be drtachubly secured to the lower edge ol" the rear portion ol' the yoke. ln this l'orin ol' my invention lhc lhip has the yoke S at ils lippe i' rdgr, to winch the body of the llap is securrd, and as the yoke S is made to lit the. bottom ol' ihr. hip Yoke il the material of the llap which is considerably fuller than the yoke S will bo gathered to said yoke shown. The ilap may be sccured to the yoke 3 in. any suitable way, as by hooks or buttons l).

Extending around the bottoni ol' the hip yoke 3 is a gathering` string l0, which. extends from ono sidc of tho llap around the liront oll the yoke 3 to the other side ol'A the flap, and eXtendingacross the body ol the llap is an-- other gathering string` l l. 'By tying together the -ends ol the .gathering strings l() and 1l at each edge oi the llap, the size ol' the yoke il may be adjusted to snugly 'lit the wearer'. These gathering strings l() and ll,

however, are not essential to my invention. Because the yoke po tion 3 lits snugly around the hips it ispr ...iblc to wear my viinproyed drawers beneath the corset, waist, or otlmesifmi'l'ar garment without any ol' the objectionable wrinklingl or puckering in the drawers which inevitably results where the full body of the drawers is gathered to a waist-band.

l propose to make the yoke 3S, especially that portion thereof to which the llap l secured, 'of snll'icicnt depth so that its lower edge and consequently the upper edge ol" theI Hap ii comes below the corset or other waist,

so bat said llap may be conveniently opened or closed without uu'buttoning or disturbing the corset or waist. nient with the yoke 3, and also 'making the flap (i with the yoke. S, a perfect lit can be secured, thus making the garment an cx.- treincly comfortable one to wear. h'loreover, the presence of the yoke. 3 permits o'l the application thereto oi rull'les or other padding foi the hips, if desired.

My invention is equally applicable to drawers ,or` umlerdrawcrs, and has many advantages when embodied in childrens drawers, or underdrawcrs.

My invw'ition may be embofglicd in a garment made. of any of the usual materials used in making garments of this class, such By making thc gar- TOO ICS

Hap at .its rear provided with a yoke at its ing across the lapwhereby by tying the -yoke extending completely around the waist as linen, cotton, silk, stockinet, jersey,lwoolen goods, etc.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a garment of the class described, a

and divided et the beck, ineens to detachably secure together the meeting,r edges of the yoke, and leg; portions secured to the bottom edge of the yoke, said garment havingr e seeee ends of the drawin strings the yoke may be adjusted to snug y it the wearer.

2. In a nether garment., the combination with a yoke adapt d to extend completely around the waist, wgitln4 leg portions secured to the bottom of the yoke and provided with a rear flap, means to detachably secure the upper edge of the flap to the lower edge of the yoke, e drawing string extending around the lower edge of. the yoke, and another'v drawing string extending across the flap, whereby by tying togethertheends of the drawing strings the yoke may be edjusted in size to snugly lit the hips of the wearer.

In testimony whereof, have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of' two subscribing witnesses.

EDITH LANOUETTE. Witneeses:

LOUIS C. SMITH, lvl/nentv PARTELQW. 

